Canon SD430/IXUS Wireless Reviews

WiFi is the keyword for the Canon PowerShot SD430, also Digital IXUS Wireless in Europe, a palm-size 5-megapixel compact with a 3X optical zoom that can print wirelessly to a Canon PictBridge compliant printer, or transfer images to a wireless capable computer.

The exterior surfaces of the Canon SD430 are mostly metallic, with the exception of some cover doors and the top and arch-like left side that contains a blue LED that indicates the wireless connection is active. The lens retracts completely into the body when the camera is turned, allowing the 2.17 cm (0.85 inch) thick Canon SD430 to slide into a pocket effortlessly.

The top of the Canon SD430 is typical of the SD camera series: the 2-stage shutter release is a round chrome button, and it is ringed by the zoom control. Pushed to the left, the zoom control moves the lens to the wide angle end, pulled to the right, it moves the lens to the telephoto setting.

Wireless Made Easy
Since the Wireless Print Adapter WA-1N included with the SD430 Digital ELPH is pre-registered on the camera as a connecting device, wireless printing requires no initial setup. All the user needs to do is connect the adapter to a current Canon SELPHY or PIXMA PictBridge printer and they’re ready to go. Once they select the image they want from the back of the camera, one more press of the Print/Share button is all it takes to print wirelessly. When the print is finished, they just pop the image into a frame and they have a great gift with only minimal effort.

Using the IEEE802.11b Wi-Fi standard, the SD430 digital camera can transmit a 5.0 megapixel image file to a compatible Canon SELPHY or PIXMA Photo Printer at high speed in approximately six seconds. With wireless direct printing using the SD430 digital camera, consumers are freed from the trouble of connecting their camera to a printer with a USB cable each time they want to print.

Images captured with the PowerShot SD430 digital camera can also be transferred wirelessly to a PC equipped with a wireless LAN card or a wireless access point device such as a router. When the camera is set for Auto Transfer, all the user needs to do is take a picture. Within seconds, the resulting image appears on the computer monitor at full screen magnification. When Auto Transfer is shut off, images are transferred wirelessly to the PC using the camera’s Print/Share button. Users can even print their images wirelessly via the computer by camera operation alone.

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